cov

White Hmong

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Most classifiers in Hmong are borrowed from Chinese. Closest thing this looks similar to is Old Chinese 群 (OC *ɡlun, “group, flock”).”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /cɒ˧˦/

Classifier

cov

classifier for groups and plurals: a class, group, kind, bunch
1. a plural marker
  cov tsheb ― (many) cars

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.